The "Beautiful Game"

rick_chasey

People like all the sh!t that comes with football.

They just don't have the stones to come out and say it.

Professional sports give an all round experience, beyond the actual sport. Politics, drama, cheating, debating points, the lot.

wiffachip

I think it's been a great season so far, but then, unlike you tv pundits, I actually have a season ticket

toon army

onehipwonder

wiffachip wrote:

I think it's been a great season so far, but then, unlike you tv pundits, I actually have a season ticket

toon army

Not as good as last season for you though

freddiegrubb

I'd rather watch my grandson's under 8 yrs. team play a 30 min. match than any pro. team, plenty of laughs, then it's both teams getting stuck into the hotdogs & lemonade.

crescent

I agree with many of the points above. Ironically, I think it will be the apathy of the armchair fans rather than the 'real' fans that bring about a change in fortunes of the Premiership. I think many people are becoming a bit fed up of football for various reasons and this will in turn lead to cancellations of subscriptions to Sky, ESPN etc. It seems fair to say that this will impact how much Sky will be willing to/can afford to pay the EPL for exclusive coverage which will in turn lead to less money for the clubs.
I know there are arguments for and against video refereeing etc but I hate the way that every decision is dissected by numerous pundits after the event. They have slow motion, endless replays, numerous camera angles and even virtual reality at their disposal. Referees don't. What they have is, essentially, 22 cheats trying to pull the wool over their eyes every time they get tackled and then resort to trying to bullying the ref en masse to influence their decision.
As for the earlier point about marking at corners etc. To me, if a player is facing the ball and standing next to an opponent then he is marking him. If he is standing in front of an opponent, facing him, with his back to the ball he is obstructing him. It wasn't that long ago that a player could be booked for ungentlemanly conduct, this included gamesmanship, sneaky obstruction, diving and feigning when taking penalties. All "part of the modern game" now along with 'simulation' i.e. cheating.

wiffachip

onehipwonder wrote:

wiffachip wrote:

I think it's been a great season so far, but then, unlike you tv pundits, I actually have a season ticket

toon army

Not as good as last season for you though

enjoyment for toon fans is measured by pints not points and definitely not by silverware.

at the moment we can't score or defend, not a good combination

fast as fupp

wiffachip wrote:

I think it's been a great season so far, but then, unlike you tv pundits, I actually have a season ticket

toon army

hey! were not all tellyclappers on here!

oscarbudgie

I am another one whose interest in football has withered away over the last 10 years having previously been a pretty committed fan ie one prepared to travel to away games, pay fantastic sums of money for tickets etc etc, so not just a 'telly clapper'. Don't know if the biggets problem is the c#nts who play it or the tw@ts who watch it or the c#nty tw@ts like sponsors and broadcasters who pay for it and prepetuate the whole sorry mess. Premier League football these days makes even a f##cked up sport like professional cycling look sane.

pdstsp

I just find that there are now more reasons to dislike the game than there are to enjoy it - so I have given up watching it and haven't missed it. Next step is to cancel sky sports - though I'm struggling to do that because I still enjoy the cricket and rugby.

Ben6899

Frank the tank wrote:

I've said this so many times in conversation, I always refer to the time the ref was persued by half the Manure team and he fell over. What he should have done was show each and everyone of 'em the red card and abandoned the game. Thing is had he done that he'd have been struck off the list. Spineless hypocrits the FA are.

I think you're merging a United incident (Beckham, Keane, Stam the main perps) and Dicanio pushing over Paul Alcock.

disgruntledgoat

I used to have a season ticket at Sheffield United and now I don't even watch football. The Premier League's spinelessness with regard to West Ham's cheating that saw us relegated, the nonsense of every manager blaming every referee for every defeat and the knuckleheaded tribalism of fans killed it for me.

That decision really rekindled my love for Rugby League which was what I grew up with, however.

finchy

Rick Chasey wrote:

People like all the sh!t that comes with football.

They just don't have the stones to come out and say it.

Some of the crap that comes with football is pretty funny. Some of it isn't.

Here's my quick list of funnies:

Cantona's kick
Lee Bowyer attacking his Newcastle team-mate
Dicanio's push on the referee
Zidane's headbutt
Any tackle in the African Nations' Cup. Especially the ones at head height. While the ball is on the ground.

Not funny:

Hooliganism
Corruption
Joey Barton

Really, really tedious:

John Terry's racism
The Suarez vs. Evra saga. Especially the "will they or won't they shake hands" bit.

verylonglegs

Anyway, at least it can still produce some laughs.

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